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CARL ALLEN HARRIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1943 – January 12, 1968
Service recordCarl Allen Harris, of Flint, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 36
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 36
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- HENRY JOE GORDONLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DEWITT JOSEPH WOLFSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 40
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.